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... fields of Philippi , " white with Roman bones , the dreadful battle of Pharfalia , and the thundering wars of that great captain , who , by the renown of his arms , merited " to be inrolled among the gods . In that work ( continues ...
... fields of Philippi , " white with Roman bones , the dreadful battle of Pharfalia , and the thundering wars of that great captain , who , by the renown of his arms , merited " to be inrolled among the gods . In that work ( continues ...
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... field of Pharfalia , the day after the battle , taking delight in that horrid landfkip of Slaughter and Blood , and for- bidding the bodies of fo many brave Romans to be either buried or burnt ? Not any one passage of Cæfar's life gives ...
... field of Pharfalia , the day after the battle , taking delight in that horrid landfkip of Slaughter and Blood , and for- bidding the bodies of fo many brave Romans to be either buried or burnt ? Not any one passage of Cæfar's life gives ...
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... fields were ftain'd ! Where Seres in their filken woods refide , Where swift Araxes rolls his rapid tide : Where - e'er ( if fuch a nation can be found ) , Nile's fecret fountain fpringing cleaves the ground ; Where fouthern funs with ...
... fields were ftain'd ! Where Seres in their filken woods refide , Where swift Araxes rolls his rapid tide : Where - e'er ( if fuch a nation can be found ) , Nile's fecret fountain fpringing cleaves the ground ; Where fouthern funs with ...
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... fields unknowing of the plow ! Behold her palaces and towers laid low ! See where o'erthrown the maffy column lies , While weeds obfcene above the cornice rife . 45 50 Here gaping wide , half - ruin'd walls remain , There mouldering ...
... fields unknowing of the plow ! Behold her palaces and towers laid low ! See where o'erthrown the maffy column lies , While weeds obfcene above the cornice rife . 45 50 Here gaping wide , half - ruin'd walls remain , There mouldering ...
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... field , Such univerfal defolation yield : Her impious fons have her worst foes furpafs'd , And Roman hands have laid Hefperia wafte . But if our fates feverely have decreed No way but this for Nero to fucceed ; If only thus our heroes ...
... field , Such univerfal defolation yield : Her impious fons have her worst foes furpafs'd , And Roman hands have laid Hefperia wafte . But if our fates feverely have decreed No way but this for Nero to fucceed ; If only thus our heroes ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield